The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
ESTABLISHED 1850.
J. II. EsTILL, Editor and Proprietor.
ONLY -FOUR TO HANG.
The Governor Saves FieIden
and SchWab.
LINGG KILLS HIMSELF.

4 Illuminating Cap Fut in His Mouth
and Touched Off with a Candle-His
Head Horribly Mutilated by the Ex-
plosion The Greatest Excitement
Throughout the Countrywide Last
Farwells.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10-Lingg, one of the
seven condemned Anarchists in the Chicago
iail, killed himself early this morning.
He ended his life by means of
Illuminating cap. lie had the cap in his
mouth and lit it with a candle which was
burning in his cell. The explosion was the
first warning that the Jail people had,
guard seeing him with the candle in his
hand supposing that he was lighting cigar.
From the effects of the explosion half his
head was torn away.
How he secured the weapon with which the
deed was committed is a mystery, as his
ceD and clothing was again thoroughly
searched yesterday, and to all appearances
the guards that sit in front of his cell have
watched him every minute. Lingg has al
ways been regarded as the most desperate
Anarchist of the lot. 1t was ne who manu-
featured the bombs for the Haymarket riot
and in whose cell bombs were found last
Sunday.
Immediately after the explosion Deputy
O'Neill rushed into Lingg's cell, which was
completely enveloped in smoke There he
found the Young Anarchist lying on his
back with great holes in his head, from
which the blood was rushing i'll torrents.
He was at once carried into the Jail Office
and placed on a table. He was still breath
ing family, and while Dr. Gray was exam
ining him he coughed slightly, and blood
poured forth again from his terrible wounds
and from his mouth and nose. The physi-
clan saw that the man could only live few
hours.
1T WAS DYNAMITE.
After while Jailor Folz made an exami-
nation of the cell On the floor he found the
she'll of the Illuminating cap The Sheriff
said there had undoubtedly been dynamite
in it. The supposition that the man put the
shell in his mouth and deliberately applied
the candle flame, is undoubtedly correct.
The explosion was terrific. 1t startled the
officials, who thought it was bomb, the
noise was so great The shell was so small
as to have allowed the smuggling of it into
the Jail without trouble. At 1915 O'Clock
DR. Gray made further examination and
found that the tissues of the throat, neck
and the front of the jaw, had been torn
away He administered stimulants, but
they failed to rouse the man.
It is generally believed that there is a
traitor among the death watch who gave
fingg the dynamite and cap. This is the
theory at the Sherifl's Office
A CHASTITY SCENE.
The scene in the cell after the explosion
was CHASTITY. Teeth, bits of iawbone, shreds
Of flesh and blood were scattered all over
the narrow compartment. A little trail OF
blood marked the way over the stone flag
ging to the room where Llngg was carried.
Within fifteen minutes after the explosion
Fischer. Parsons and Engel were taken from
their cells and searched in the jailer's private
office All their clothing was taken from
them and new suits made by the Sheriff S
orders were given them. Sheriff Matson
saws Liugg was stripped and carefully
searched yesterday and the day before.
At O'Clock this afternoon Lingg's condi-
tion was W. anged. He was still conscious
and presented g most horrible sight, with
the lower part of his jaw completely torn
off and his thick auburn hair still matted
with blood His cheeks were torn out and
hung down in jagged pieces on his neck.
His teeth were knocked out, gums torn
away and but small stump of tongue ap-
peared protruding from the mangled throat.
In the upper part Of the throat, immedi
stely under the lower part of the jawbOne,
terrible gap had been torn out from the
inside.
THE DEATH DEALER.
Turnkey O'Nell discovered the little agent
which had served Lingg TO accomplish his
terrible work 1t was a small Illuminating
cap, a little over an inch long. 1t had been
filled with illuminate of mercury, and the
small fuse which is usually attached TO these
Instruments of death had been touched off
by Lingg at the time the reporter thought
he was lighting a cigar. When Lingg com
mitted the deed he was lying on his cot.
After the affair, when his cell
was searched. another candle was found.
At the top of it, barely concealed by the
ends of the wick a second Illuminating cap
was found, so it is supposed that Lingg's
attempted suicide was committed with one
similarly hidden. The candles were fur
nished by the jail, so that the cap must have
beon put in by Lingg himself.
ACTED QUEER
All day Yesterday it was thought that
Lingg acted differently from usual. Tues
day night he gave out his farewell adj
dress, 4" which was written for the Alarm,
Parsons old paper. In it he recited at
length his grievances, and closed as follows:
Now with a last and earnest farewell to all
friends and comrades. and with final wishes for
their prosperity close, in view of the cer-
tainty that shall never have q chance of seeing
YOU again my beloved comrades with an ear
nest and hearty wish for your future success
in life. Your comrade, Hoch Die 1HGrchie
LOUIS LINGG.
Yesterday, when one of the guards told
him that the papers had published his letter
TO D. D. Lum a young bomb manufacturer,
he expressed desire TO ''read it in English"
Jailer Folz consented, and Lingg slowly
plodded through the translation. Engle-
hart speaks German, and when appealed to
gave Lingg the meaning of the English
words in German.
READ A STARTLING LINE.
The doomed man said the letter was an
exact translation of the original. Turning
to another page of the paper his eye caught
the line, "Ilingg will surely hang Calling
Englehart, he asked "What is the meaning
of this word s-h-u-r-e-l-y in German" En-
glehart told him, and Lingg laughingly OBJ.
served: $50, so l win s-h-u-r-e-l-y hang
His manner was such that Englehart joined
in the laugh Say the blonde-haired
young Anarchist called TO a reporter, did
you sec my maenschen trnaiden)" He was
told that Eda Mueller had not been seen.
His next curry was: Has my schatz
Csweetheart) gone to Springfeldln
This question was answered in the atiirna-
tive. He seemed pleased. and remarked